The Catholic Church will begin the secretive process to elect a new pope on Wednesday. The cardinals eligible to vote will ...

With just four days to go until the conclave to elect a new pope begins, cardinals are addressing a variety of challenges the next pontiff will have to face, and are calling broadly for more clarity, ...

In a pre-conclave meeting, an Italian cardinal, and backer of Cardinal Parolin as next pope, attacked Pope Francis for ...

Biblical names never go out of style – they've been among the most popular names for centuries. Here are some perennial favorites, and some you may not be familiar with.

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

One could offer a sacrifice in good times or in bad, in thanksgiving or in atonement for sin, and as sealing of a covenant oath ... as well as the priestly blessing of the father.

The Philippines is poised to mark a historic moment in its Catholic history, as three Filipino cardinals—Luis Antonio Tagle, Jose Advincula, and Pablo Virgilio David—are expected to participate in the ...

The late Pope Francis manifested selflessness in his 12-year Pontificate, the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya has said.

A prominent cardinal urged the Catholic Church to return to conservative traditions as candidates began to jockey for position before the election that will choose Pope Francis’s successor. Timothy ...

The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again ...

No one, outside of the monks working in the distillery, was allowed within its doors and the priestly workmen themselves ... his successor was obliged to take an oath that he would tell no one ...